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Teenagers starting their GCSE and A level studies are being treated for depression through a new digital mental health therapy programme for young people. The programme reflects the increasing education pressures teenagers are facing during the COVID-19 crisis. Nationally, an estimated 1.3 million children and young people experience mental health problems. In a survey carried [...]
Health Tech World reporter Joe Roberts spoke with two companies leading the way in developing cutting edge technology for the hard of hearing. Hearing aid technology is moving fast. Companies around the world are making leaps in improving sound quality and using the likes of AI, machine learning and digital health to improve functionality and [...]
The recently launched ALFI (Avatar Led Fitness Instructor) app, gives home gym-goers the opportunity to carry out acts of kindness while they work out. ALFI, which uses augmented reality (AR) technology to create personalised, on-demand fitness classes, rewards users with tokens which can be redeemed as free classes, gifts to friends and donations to charity. [...]
Property technology business AirRated has promoted its head of environmental research Francesca Brady to chief executive of its global business. The London-based company reports that Brady was instrumental in establishing the scientific basis for the company’s monitoring, analysis, and consultancy on indoor air quality. She replaces interim chief executive Michael Grant, who stands aside to [...]
A London firm has released a tracking test that combines DNA and epigenetics; the study of how behaviours and environment can influence the way genes work. The test - which Bio-Synergy says is the first of its kind in the world – is based on a subject’s specific genetic make-up and feeds into an app which [...]
By Duncan Greenwood, vice president and general manager (NEMEA) at VMware. The coronavirus pandemic has catalysed a monumental challenge for key workers in the NHS. Many have been risking their lives on a daily basis fighting the virus, leading many to be kept away from loved ones to avoid the risk of transmission. It’s an [...]
Digital health company ResMed has accelerated the release of its cloud-based remote monitoring software through its AirView platform. The Oxfordshire-based company is ramping up in the face of a second wave of the Covid-19 outbreak, along with the resumption of elective care and the flu season. ResMed manufactures a range of cloud-connected ventilators with invasive [...]
Providers of mental health app Thrive: Mental Wellbeing have seen a 211% increase in downloads in 12 months, with an almost fivefold increase in the three months after Covid started. Founded by trained psychiatrist Dr Andres Fonseca and clinical psychologist Dr Adam Huxley, London-based Thrive Therapeutic Software is a social enterprise that provides an evidence-based [...]
A health tech firm has developed the industry’s thinnest dedicated sensor for blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) measurement. The breakthrough could help to advance the remote monitoring of vital signs within small consumer products such as earbuds, smart watches and wristbands, as well as to medical devices such as oximeters. The AS7038RB, developed by ams, could also be suitable for innovative [...]
A developer of an online triage system for GPs that has seen demand soar fivefold during Covid-19, has launched an urgent care triage platform for A&Es and is in talks with hospitals. In the last nine months symptom assessment provider Doctorlink, which provides 24/7 access to healthcare for 12.5 million NHS patients across 1,500 GP [...]
